Seleucus I Alexandrine tetra. Babylon mint!!!
$273.00
Oct-26-01
seller nummohead

Silver tetradrachm of Seleucus I. Babylon mint. Obv. Heracles in lionskin
r./ Rev. Zeus seated l. holding eagle and sceptre. To l. anchor.
Inscription: BASILEWS ALEXANDROY. A beautiful example of an important early
Seleucid issue linked to the Babylonian lion staters. ex Houghton coll.
(Mediterranean Archaeology 4 (1991), p. 104, no. 80 (this coin). Although
this coin uses the types and inscription first used by Alexander the Great
the anchor symbol shows that it was issued by Seleucus I, for whom the
anchor was a family crest.